2017 AFL Grand Final Umpires Announced

Sep 26, 2017 | News

Congratulations to the 2017 AFL Grand Final umpires – Field: Matt Stevic, Simon Meredith, Shaun Ryan, Brett Rosebury (E). Boundary: Rob Haala, Mitchell Lefevre, Matthew Konetschka, Damien Cusack, Brett Dalgleish (E). Goal: Luke Walker, Adam Wojcik, Matthew...

Week 3 Finals shorts: Justin Schmitt continues to get better with age

Sep 25, 2017 | News, Umpire Shorts

“Grange Hermitage” comes to mind when we talk about Justin Schmitt who umpired his 350th AFL game on Friday night, he just keeps getting better with age!  Justin becomes the 13th umpire in the history of the game to achieve that feat.  The affable Schmitt...

Rookies and former members salute in state grand finals

Sep 21, 2017 | News

Three senior AFL competitions across Australia are into their grand final weekends.  We are filled with great pride watching the future stars of tomorrow be selected for the biggest games of their careers.  It was this time last year we were congratulating...

George ‘Sadist’ Mather

Sep 20, 2017 | News

George Mather’s involvement with umpiring has spanned 62 years – as a boundary umpire with the VFL Reserve Grade, Umpires’ Trainer and Fitness Coach for the VFL Goal Umpires’ squad. George Mather, born to Victor & Muriel Mather at Sunshine on the 30th December...

Finals Week 2 shorts: Now the footy gets tough

Sep 19, 2017 | News, Umpire Shorts

When the football is one sided and umpiring goes unnoticed it would be tough to make changes going into the penultimate round of finals of 2017.  So spare a thought for Brendan Hosking and Ray Chamberlain who might be in the unenviable position of having to sit...